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Soon, many neighborhoods in Uptown will have skylines unencumbered by overhead power lines. After years of delays, the city and SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) streamlined the process of moving power lines underground. In 2020, sections of North Park, Burlingame and Robinson Avenue are slated to start construction. In 2021, Missions Hills and other parts of North Park will be freed of power lines. The five-year rolling schedule will continue to reshape the skylines of neighborhoods for decades to come.

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A catwalk was held at San Diego’s first creative crosswalk on Normal Street in Hillcrest on Jan. 11. To see more photos of the event, see page 15. (Photo by Kendra Sitton)

Undergrounding is advantageous for both safety and aesthetic reasons. With clear skylines, property values go up and quality of life improves. Without poles, there are less vehicle-to-pole collisions that cause outages. Power lines have also been responsible for sparking wildfires in California.

“Very strong windstorm events or something may

topple some of our very old power lines and in a dense community with a lot of canyons and high fire hazard areas — this is a major threat.

Then from the beautification standpoint, it just looks a lot nicer to be going about your daily life in your community without the obstruction of view,” said Council member Chris Ward.

Why now?

SDG&E has been slowly moving power lines underground since the 1970s. In 2002, residents approved paying a surcharge on their SDG&E bill to accelerate it.

Residents pay between $5 and $8 each month to support the efforts, according to SDG&E. The money SDG&E collected was then passed to the city and the city then reimbursed SDG&E for design and contracting costs.

However, the city’s goal to finish undergrounding in 20 years was not met. At the end of the budget year in 2018, there was $183 million sitting in a surcharge fund. After that, the San Diego City Council worked see Underground, pg 9

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Having showcased more than 700 films around the world in three decades, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) has made a point to highlight not only the value of transparent documentary filmmaking, but also provide an unapologetic and

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“Often we think of human rights issues as just facts, dates or statistics,” said Kevin Linde, manager of Adult and Digital Engagement at Balboa Park’s see HRW Film, pg 3

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Man at center of North Park murder retrial testifies NEAL PUTNAM | Uptown News

A man accused of killing a 71-year-old man in North Park told a jury Jan. 17 in his retrial that he stole the victim’s wallet, but he denied bludgeoning the man with a baseball bat in 2000.

Edward Jamar Brooks, now 39, said he was walking in an alley in North Park when his two companions began beating LeRay “Mac” Parkins on Aug. 23, 2000, at 8:30 a.m.

“I walked up to get between them. I grabbed his shoulders and pushed him down,” said Brooks.

“I was the one who grabbed his wallet,” said Brooks, adding that Lester Bell, now 39, told him to do it.

In 2018, police tested the empty pockets of Parkins’ pants for DNA evidence, and a match was confirmed to Brooks, who was in North Carolina at the time.

Brooks said the three of them left Brooks without injury. Brooks said he and Bell went to his car,

but Terrence Brown, now 38, went back to the alley behind 3675 Pershing Ave. and apparently killed him.

Bell and Brown are awaiting sentencing after they pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and robbery respectively.

The six-man, six-woman jury, five alternates, and San Diego Superior Court Judge David Gill began hearing opening statements on Jan. 13.

“Are you a peaceful man?” asked Deputy District Attorney Christina Arrollado, to which Brooks said, “Yes.” “Is shoving a 71-year-old man to the ground peaceful?” asked Arrollado.

Brooks said Parkins was throwing punches at Brown, and he thought pushing Parkins was the best option because he was stopping the fight.

Brooks said he asked Parkins if he had money, and the man pointed to his pocket where his wallet was.

Brooks also admitted he was a gang member who previously had pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen car and evading police officers with reckless driving.

Bell and Brown testified in the first trial and said it was Brooks who killed Parkins. The prosecutor didn’t call them as witnesses in the retrial.

A mistrial was declared Oct. 31, after jurors in the first trial said they were deadlocked 9-3 for conviction of first-degree murder.

Jurors said they couldn’t verify what Bell and Brown said.

Brooks’ attorney, Robert Ford, said the theft of Parkins’ wallet was his first and last robbery. Ford asked Brooks if there were people who should not be attacked or robbed.

“We’re not supposed to beat up old people, kids, pregnant women,” said Brooks, who added that Parkins should not have been attacked.

Brooks said earlier that day, he was selling crack cocaine in El Cajon where he then lived.

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HRW FILM Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA), where the HRWFF has taken place for the last 10 years.

“The power of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is to provide an emotional window into first-person experiences of human rights abuse. Looking at the film’s local relevancies in San Diego is also a crucial component.”

The year-round film festival, now in its 30th year, was birthed out of the global-reaching news organization Human Rights Watch, whose journalists, investigators and advocates have been dedicated to “uncovering human rights violations by governments, armies and corporations to raise awareness and pressure for change in more than 90 countries for the last 40 years,” according to Human Rights Watch Communications Director Emma Daly.

San Diego’s branch of the festival takes places Thursday, Jan. 30, through Sunday, Feb. 2, with a total of five film screenings showcased. This year, the films cover a wide variety of stories never tackled before by the festival, such as a gay men’s choir journeying through the American South, the love story of two Iranian refugees who have a baby out of wedlock,

An Iranian refugee carries a child born out of wedlock in “Love Child.”

A performance of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as shown in “Gay Chorus Deep South.” (Photos courtesy Human Rights Watch Film Festival) and a deep dive into data-driven journalism.

“We select films that touch on human rights issues currently being worked on in the field,” said Jen Nedbalsky, deputy director of the HRWFF. “By the end of the five films, we see a lot of community members have attended all screenings and the conversations get deeper. San Diegans are so welcoming to having these conversations, which is so important in our world today.”

The festival’s opening night documentary film, “Gay Chorus Deep South,” is director David Charles Rodrigues’ response to the country’s continuous push for legislation against LGBT people in housing and the workplace.

Three hundred singers in the San Francisco Gay Men’s Choir tour after the 2016 election from Mississippi to Tennessee, through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma, Alabama, performing in churches, community centers, and concert halls hoping to bridge long-standing divides.

“The topics of these films could not be timelier,” said Nedbalsky.

“Like ‘Love Child,’ for example, takes place at the start of the Muslim travel ban. It touches on the refugee experience and those seeking safety in the United

States. I think this story in particular is a really emotional take on how policies and refugee rights have a personal effect. Everyone can relate to this story in some way.”

This year’s film lineup also features the international Emmy Award-winning “Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World,” a documentary about citizen investigative journalists who use crowd-sourced information and technology to piece together answers — like the exact location of an Islamic State murder — and uncover stories of human rights violations. The investigative methods are highly similar to the journalists at Human Rights Watch, who used satellite imagery in 2017 to uncover the “strategic burning and bulldozing” of Rohingya Muslim villages in Myanmar, as stated by Daly.

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The prosecutor played a video of Brooks when he was first arrested in which he told police the baseball bat that killed Parkins was found in the same alley.

Brooks said in the interview he recalled pushing Parkins to the ground while the other two kicked him.

“I think he was at the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Brooks.

When a detective asked Brooks why the victim’s pants’ pockets were left inside out, he replied, “That’s protocol; when you rough up someone, you go through their pockets.”

Brooks said in court he joined a gang at the age of 9 or 10, some eight years after his father died when he was 2 years old.

The prosecutor also played taped recorded phone calls from jail that Brooks made to a female friend in which he said “I ain’t getting out” of jail in the murder case.

“Some guys are snitchin’ on

me,” said Brooks in the phone call.

On the stand, Brooks said he did not remember accompanying Bell and Brown to a clothing store where they spent $169 with Parkins’ credit card.

Parkins lived in North Park and sang in the choir at Metropolitan Community Church when it was located on 30th Street. MCC Senior Pastor Dan Koeshall recalled, “Mac had the most beautiful Irish tenor voice.”

The murder retrial continues this week with rebuttal witnesses and closing arguments before the jury starts deliberations.

Ford has asked jurors for an acquittal and he has pleaded not guilty. Arrollado is seeking a first-degree murder conviction along with the special circumstance of murder during a robbery, which if found true could lead to a life sentence in prison without parole.

of technology is that everything is archived,” said Lorie Hearn, founder and executive director of iNewsource, a nonprofit and non-partisan newsroom dedicated to improving lives in the San Diego region. “You can go back on YouTube and find government meetings and speeches that politicians have made which come back to haunt them years later.

I’ve long admired ‘Bellingcat.’ The fact that this film won the well-deserved Machiavelli Award shows the power of citizen journalists and speaks to why people should see the movie.”

Other films featured at the festival will include “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality” touching on racial injustices and “Slay the Dragon,” a film focused on the importance of voting participation and

maintaining democracy. Each film will include a Q&A at the end where audience members can ask local representatives about the topic’s relevance in San Diego.

“We’ve seen audience members be so moved by the films that one by one, people will stand up and tell personal stories,” said Nedbalsky. “A lot of people are shocked by what they see, but they also feel empowered to let their voices be shared on a subject they don’t always get to talk about.

That’s the festival’s true beauty. So, come out and see these films and be a part of the conversation.”

— Neal Putnam is a local court reporter.

— Victoria Davis is a full-time, multi-media, freelance journalist.

You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @victoriadavisd. To contact Victoria, email at vedavisdepict@ gmail.com.

A still from “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality.” Lawyer and social justice activist Stevenson is also the subject of a biopic starring Michael B. Jordan titled “Just Mercy.”

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Supervisor Nathan Fletcher endorses Stephen Whitburn Stephen Whitburn, who many consider the frontrunner in the race for City Council District 3, has secured another important endorsement. On Tuesday, Jan. 21, his team announced that Supervisor Nathan Fletcher had endorsed the longtime community and nonprofit leader running for City Council.

Fletcher’s represents all of District 3 on the County Board of Supervisors. Fletcher was the only Democrat to be elected to the Republican-held board in a landslide victory in 2018.

In endorsing Whitburn, Fletcher stated, "Stephen Whitburn is the champion we need at City Hall. His decades of experience and leadership have prepared him for the challenges our city is facing. Stephen is the partner I need to help address our housing and homelessness crisis and combat climate change in our region. I fully support Stephen Whitburn for San Diego City Council."

Fletcher’s endorsement comes as Whitburn has racked up the support of many inf luential unions and groups in San Diego, including the Democratic party.

Pedestrian killed in hit-andrun in Sherman Heights A driver killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run early on Sunday morning. The victim was dragged for about 100 feet by the driver on the 1800 block of Market Street in Sherman Heights before the driver fled the scene. The driver has reportedly been arrested after days of searching for a silver GMC Envoy SUV. "No person should lose their life due to traffic violence while walking in San Diego," said Maya Rosas, policy director for Circulate San Diego. “The driver must be found and held accountable for his actions.”

Museum of Man names new chief financial and operations officer The San Diego Museum of Man has selected Erin Spiewak as its

NEWS new chief financial and operations officer (CFO/COO). Spiewak assumed the role on Jan. 13, 2020, and will oversee finance, accounting, operations, and human resources on behalf of the museum.

"I am honored to join the Museum of Man and this team of remarkable people committed to engaging the community and being a leader in how we think about the world around us," said Ms. Spiewak. "From exhibits that tell compelling stories that teach and inspire us, to the innovative approaches the museum is taking to engage new and frequent visitors, I look forward to contributing to the museum's growth and future plans."

An established leader in San Diego’s nonprofit sector, Spiewak most recently served as the chief executive officer of Monarch School, a unique K-12 institution serving youth experiencing homelessness. While at Monarch School, Ms. Spiewak oversaw an instrumental capital campaign, renovating and opening the school’s new Nat & Flora Bosa campus; grew the student body from 150 to 300 students, while expanding the staff from 19 to 40 team members; developed a stateof-the-art high school college career lab; and launched an annual fundraiser, which has raised more than $4 million since 2015.

Spiewak replaces Tabitha McMahon, who left the museum in June 2019 after nearly six years in the role.

San Diego Museum Month returns in February San Diego Museum Month, one of Southern California’s most anticipated events of the winter season, will return in February 2020 for its 31st year. The San Diego Museum Council presents the annual program, which has earned national acclaim, to encourage visitors and locals alike to experience San Diego’s vibrant museum scene with special halfoff admission at over 40 museums and cultural institutions throughout the county.

Local residents can pick up Museum Month passes at over 75 public libraries located throughout San Diego County.

Each Museum Month pass can be used for up to four half-priced

admissions at any of the participating museums. Additional fees may apply for special exhibitions and events at some museums.

Guests can use their Museum Month pass to visit as many museums as they would like from Feb. 1-29, 2020.

More information about Museum Month, including a full list of participating museums and upcoming exhibitions, can be found at sandiegomuseumcouncil.org.

San Diego Zoo celebrates birth of Andean bear cub San Diego Zoo is celebrating the birth of an Andean bear cub, born at the zoo in the early morning hours of Jan. 8, 2020, to firsttime mother Alba and sire, Turbo.

Mother and cub are being closely monitored by animal care staff via a closed-circuit video camera, allowing Alba to care for her cub without interruption. The mortality rate for Andean bear cubs in their first month is high so the animal care staff is cautiously optimistic for the cub’s long-term survival.

“We are overjoyed about the birth of Alba’s first cub,” stated Chris Hamlin, animal care manager, San Diego Zoo. “Alba is showing all the appropriate behaviors of a good mother, being very attentive to her newborn. We are so impressed with how well she is handling motherhood.”

The birth of this cub is of great significance to conservation research. It will allow San Diego Zoo Global researchers and animal care staff the rare opportunity to learn about mother and cub interaction, and cub development.

Very little is known about Andean bears in their native habitat. They are very shy and tend to avoid humans, making them hard for researchers to study.

San Diego Zoo Global has been studying Andean bears for more than 12 years, and since 2008 has worked with various partners to research and conserve bears in Peru, recently in southeast Peru in and near Manu National Park.

The goal of San Diego Zoo Global’s Andean Bear Conservation Program is to help increase scientific knowledge about these bears to advance their conservation, to train and mentor Peruvian

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Only a few zoos in the United States house Andean bears.

The San Diego Zoo paired Alba and Turbo as part of the Species Survival Plan (SSP), a cooperative breeding program designed to enhance the genetic viability and demographic stability of animal populations in zoos and aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Andean bears are also called spectacled bears, named for the unique rings of white or light fur around their eyes. It is the last short-faced bear and the only bear species native to South America.

The zoo is also a part of other conservation work. In one week in January, the zoo raised more than $500,000 for Australian wildlife relief.

Coalition launches to end child poverty Data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that roughly 40% of San Diego County's children under age 12 lived below 200% the federal poverty level in 2017.

This means more than 190,000 children experienced unequal access to healthy food, stable housing, reliable health care, and quality child care and early education.

To reduce these numbers, community leaders and local nonprofits and organizations have joined forces to form “San Diego for Every Child: The Coalition to End Child Poverty,” with the goal of cutting the experience of childhood poverty in the region in half by 2030.

This is just the latest group of local nonprofits collaborating to better solve the region’s issues.

“San Diego families are struggling to navigate a confusing network of services and resources, and parents are forced to spend valuable time away from their children while trying to find the right solutions,” said Erin Hogeboom, director of San Diego for Every Child. “By thinking inclusively, collaboratively and strategically, we can collectively redirect our combined energies toward amplifying the solutions we know already work and identifying new ways to address the problem.”

San Diego for Every Child is chaired by community leader Sara Jacobs, who spent the last year developing the initiative and is funding its infrastructure for the next two years. She is also a candidate in the race to replace Representative Susan Davis.

“In a county as wealthy as San Diego, it is simply unacceptable that so many of our kids are experiencing poverty,” said Jacobs. “It is going to take all of us coming together to tackle this problem. With the ingenuity, innovation, and tenacity of our community, we can create a San Diego where all of our kids lead fulfilling and successful lives — ensuring a brighter future for the entire region.”

The coalition’s leadership consists of The Center on Policy

Initiatives, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, the Parent Institute for Quality Education, and the YMCA Childcare Resource Service.

Serving Seniors celebrates 50 years Serving Seniors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping low-income and homeless seniors throughout San Diego, is celebrating its 50th anniversary year in 2020. The milestone will be marked with events and celebrations throughout the year to honor senior clients, volunteers, staff and donors who help make programs and services possible for more than 5,000 seniors in need each year.

Founded in 1970, Serving Seniors has been at the forefront of senior issues in San Diego for half a century. From advocacy and mental health programming to housing and nutritional meal services, the organization has created a nationally recognized, innovative model of comprehensive services. In 2019, there were 644,099 meals served, 445 seniors housed and a total of 5,549 seniors overall who benefited from services and programs (an increase of 12% from 2018).

In light of the increasing demographics of seniors over the next decade, Serving Seniors is committed to supporting the crucial services that so many senior clients are dependent upon, and will be launching a $5 million fundraising campaign over the next five years.

Coinciding with the anniversary year, Serving Seniors’ President and CEO Paul Downey is celebrating 25 years with the organization. Since being appointed the role in 1995, Downey has guided the nonprofit’s innovative efforts, making Serving Seniors a national model for compassionate and life changing care for seniors in need.

Rose Schindler (left) holding the award from DA Summer Stephan.

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DA honors Holocaust survivor “Stay alive so you can tell the world what they’re doing to us.”

Those were the last words Rose Schindler’s father told her when they last saw each other at Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. And that is exactly what she did.

Rose survived the Holocaust, met her husband who was also a survivor and immigrated to the United States where they raised see News Briefs, pg 5

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Lucky San Diegan to win 100 tickets to arts, culture events KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News

Ever been in the mood to see a play at Cygnet Theatre on a Friday, visit the Museum of Photographic Arts on a Saturday before heading to a performance by the San Diego Children’s Choir, then go to the San Diego Zoo on Sunday and top it all off with a workshop hosted by the San Diego Watercolor Society?

That many events would normally carry a hefty price tag and blow out a budget for a month (if not more). For a lucky winner, all these San Diego events will be free for a year thanks to the “Access2Awesome” giveaway. Nonprof it group Arts+Culture:San Diego has organized a first-of-its-kind contest to give a winner a pair of tickets to dozens of concerts, museums, and performances from more than 50 of its members. In total, the winner will have over 100 tickets.

In addition to the tickets, the grand-prize winner will be given

an arts and culture concierge to assist them with year-long arts and culture access.

Arts+Culture:San Diego, through the Community Advisory Council, is raising awareness about the many arts experiences across all of San Diego. With the motto “Everywhere, Every day,” they have been doing public outreach to show the wide array of options in San Diego. The giveaway stemmed from their advocacy.

“We wanted to really celebrate just how amazing [San Diego] is for arts and culture... Literally, we could fill up every day of the year with someone going to an arts and culture experience and they wouldn't have to repeat stuff,” explained Peter Comiskey, the executive director of Balboa Park Cultural Partnership.

Comiskey helped the arts and cultural centers in Balboa Park form relationships with organizations across the whole region so they could collectively raise awareness about the local art scene.

“The arts and culture community in San Diego is terribly accommodating. Just the fact that we've been able to talk to groups as diverse as Outside the Lens [and] Media Arts Center all the way to Old Globe and La Jolla Playhouse, into convincing them that someone should just be able to come to every single show — if they want to go, we'll get them tickets. To convince them that that's a great idea just shows how keen everybody is to make Arts+Culture:San Diego [have] this one vibrant, exciting experience,” Comiskey added.

The grand-prize drawing will be on April 9, with 12 weekly prizes leading up to it with smaller batches of tickets.

The inaugural “Access2 Awesome” giveaway is easy to enter online at artsandculturesd. org or by texting SDART to 555888. Anyone in San Diego County is eligible to enter and there is no need to enter more than once.

Cygnet Theatre is just one of the local playhouses participating in the contest.

(Photos courtesy Arts+Culture:San Diego)

— Kendra Sitton can be reached at kendra@sdnews.com.

The grand-prize winner will receive unlimited general admission for two people to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum.

The grand-prize winner will receive a year membership to the Museum of Photographic Arts.

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NEWS BRIEFS their family in San Diego. Now, at 90 years old, Rose has been sharing her and her husband’s story of survival and hope during public presentations and most recently through a published memoir, “The Two Who Survived.”

In early January, Rose spoke in front of more than 200 people at Francis Parker School, sharing her story with a new generation.

At the event, District Attorney Summer Stephan also presented the first Community Justice Champion Award to Rose, for her tireless efforts to use her voice to help build a safe and healthy community.

“In the past year, the DA’s Office has seen an increase in hate crimes driven by anti-Semitism and targeting houses of worship,” said DA Summer Stephan. “Our mission is not only to prosecute crimes, but to prevent them from happening in the first place and

Rose Schindler is having a real impact on the community by continuing to share her incredible story of surviving the Holocaust and spreading awareness about the devastating impact of hate.

Mrs. Schindler is the epitome of a Community Justice Champion.”

The District Attorney’s Community Justice Champion Award honors individuals whose work or efforts directly or indirectly support the DA’s mission to build safe neighborhoods in partnership with the community and has an impact on equity, fairness and justice in society.

San Diego County Library had record-breaking digital year San Diego County Library announced that it achieved a record-breaking 2 million digital book checkouts in 2019. This puts it in the top 25 public library systems worldwide in total digital circulation. This accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library lending

of ebooks and audiobooks along with the creative ways the library has served its community with digital services. San Diego County Library is one of 73 systems around the world — including standalone libraries and consortia — that surpassed 1 million checkouts through Rakuten OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform and its award-winning app Libby.

San Diego County Library has been providing readers 24/7 access to ebooks and audiobooks for several years. Reader interest and usage has grown every year, reflecting popular trends and interests both locally and across the country. In 2019, the highest-circulating title across both formats that San Diego County Library readers borrowed through OverDrive was “Becoming” by Michelle Obama. This year’s “One Book, One San Diego” title, “The Great Believers,” was made available as an ebook option and downloaded more than 3,600 times.

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UptownMoney Steve Doster People using ESG investing can make their money do good without giving up investment returns. Citizens of the world are more informed about the long-term impact companies can have on the environment and their communities. It is no longer a “nice thing” for a company to care about climate change and treat their employees well. Today’s companies must actively measure these items in order to sustain longterm profitability.

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This category dives into a company's impact on the Earth. Data exists for components like the amount of greenhouse gas emissions a company produces, their plans and policies for reducing climate change, usage of renewable energy sources, and history with the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Corporations historically have focused solely on benefiting the shareholder. CEOs made decisions with the sole objective of making the company stock price increase for the benefit of the company shareholders. This led to many short-term decisions that increased the stock price but had poor long-term results for many people and communities.

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With anti-Semitism on the rise, the stories of Holocaust survivors become more important District 53 Dispatch Susan A. Davis On Dec. 28, I had the honor of attending a birthday party for Rose Schindler, a 90-year-old friend, hosted by her remarkable family and community. A birthday at 90 is extraordinary in itself, but she is a Holocaust survivor. Her story and that of her husband is now told in the recent publication of “Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust,” which I strongly recommend.

That same night in Monsey, New York, another party commenced for the seventh night of Hanukkah.

Family and friends gathered at the home of their rabbi. An individual stormed the party wielding a machete determined to harm as many people as possible. At least seven were wounded — one severely. It is clear now that the perpetrator was obsessed with anti-Semitic thoughts.

Here in San Diego, we have had our own horrific events, principally the attack on the synagogue and fatal shooting of a worshiper in Poway last year. We know that anti-Semitic acts occurring throughout our country have increased sharply, not to mention those in Europe. My colleague from New York, Rep. Nita Lowey, recently

wrote an editorial with the American Jewish Committee’s David Harris asking two important basic questions: Why now? How to respond?

In trying to understand the rise of anti-Semitism, Lowey and Harris state it exists as the world’s oldest social disease. As fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors are able to tell their wrenching stories, understanding the conditions that created such dehumanization becomes a less personal story to new generations. This is why capturing those stories from survivors able and willing to share painful memories is so important.

It is no coincidence that the rise in violence against individuals is occurring in parallel as ignorance of the Holocaust also increases. According to a recent report by the FBI, while the number of hate crimes reported has gone down, violent acts have increased.

Failure to address hate in all its forms is tantamount to accepting it.

The response to the machete attack in New York and other attacks across the country produce the usual results in increased security, and stronger police presence, and talk of raising awareness. These, of course, are positive signs. Unfortunately, as these incidents fade from memory, so do prevention efforts.

There needs to be a constant campaign of education about hate, violence

– past and present – and the importance of acceptance. This education needs to start at an early age so we don’t see astonishing numbers like 66% of millennials who can’t identify the Auschwitz concentration camp.

We need to hear from survivors, like Rose, who clung to hope during a period of horrific atrocities. We also need to hear the stories of those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. see Davis, pg 7

Correction In the last issue of Uptown News, it was misstated that Todd Gloria endorsed Toni Duran. Gloria has not made an endorsement in the City Council District 3 race. We apologize for the error.

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Family preserves JA Cooley Museum in University Heights JILL DIAMOND | Uptown News

Carmen Cooley-Graham is on a mission to keep her late father Jim’s legacy — the JA Cooley Museum in University Heights — alive.

The 10,000-square-foot museum with more than 25 various collections is located at 4233 Park Blvd. Since 1997, it has shared thousands of unique items ranging from an extensive collection of trains to more than 3,000 cameras, phonographs, 100-plus-yearold cars and typewriters.

“The museum displays significant technological advancements with a focus of 1800 to early 1900s. It shows how far we have come and how someone's dream became our reality. It’s a way for families to come together and share memories of the past. It's also just a great place to get away — your own time machine,” said Cooley-Graham, who has taken over as its curator.

Her dad, of course, was well known throughout the community and much of San Diego for his quick wit, ability to listen and entertain visitors when they stopped by. He died in October and CooleyGraham said the family wants the museum to continue.

Jim also headed up the 1943 Frank the Trainman Shop since 1983 — the historic neon sign still lights up Park and El Cajon boulevards — and is located across the street from the museum. It sells a variety of train paraphernalia for collectors as well as hobbyists.

Carrying on Why carry on rather than close the doors?

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and have a 501(c)(3) and our focus is on San Diego history and the education and preservation of inventions,” said Cooley-Graham, who is one of 13 siblings. “I feel that with our historical roots, extensive private collections and knowledge, we can add value to the community.

We do no advertising and we get thousands of visitors a year from all over the world. We hope to expand our attendance and bring opportunities to the neighborhood.”

Cooley-Graham said her dad was a collector his entire life and a native San Diegan who grew up in Kensington. He and her mom Carmen opened the museum in 1997 and “they spent almost every day for 23 years at the museum. It was his passion.”

Because he collected items early on and throughout his life, most of what visitors see in the museum are items he had in his house or warehouse.

“It was his dream to open a museum. The opportunity came to buy

The museum features a random assortment of items, including many cars.

An historic car at the museum. the building we are in so he just opened a museum,” she said. “We have something for everyone plus many of the displays are of unique or prototypes. Much of our collection has strong San Diego roots.”

What makes this place special and one folks would want to visit is that it is open for all.

“We have something for everybody; it’s a cross-generational experience. We get visitors from all over the world as there is nothing like our collection under one roof. It's 25 museums into one,” she said.

As for how she became the curator she said: “I was born into this insanity; how many kids can say their parents own their own museum?”

“My heart is to keep the memories alive of not only my father but of the older generation,” she said. “In my dad’s last interview and previous ones, it was his goal and dream that his legacy passes on through the family. This is his gift to a community that he loved and was part of for over 80 years he wouldn't have it any other way.”

— Jill Diamond is a local freelance reporter with a penchant for history.

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We can all agree that, in the many outbursts of hate we hear and see today, social media plays a role in giving people a toxic outlet for like acceptance. Social media platforms create easy environments for hate groups and terrorist organizations to recruit vulnerable individuals, who are usually those feeling isolated from society and seek affirmation from others. Social media

companies have a responsibility to weed out those who would use their platforms as tools to spread hate and violence.

Putting a stop to hate is the responsibility of everyone. The voices of tolerance are many and the voices of hate are few. When communities join together to denounce hate and promote tolerance, it sends a powerful message that we will not be intimidated and we will not live in fear.

Here is a simple maxim to start the new year: Treat others as you want to be treated.

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— Congresswoman Davis represents central San Diego, including the communities of Old Town, Kensington, Mission Hills, University Heights, Hillcrest Bankers Hill, North Park, South Park, Talmadge, Normal Heights, as well as La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley and parts of El Cajon and Chula Vista.

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I’ve been to a few family holiday gatherings that were less than purely joyous occasions.

Apparently playwright Stephen Karam has, too. Or maybe he’s just read author Napoleon Hill, who once listed six basic human fears: poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love of someone, old age and death.

Karam’s play “The Humans” gives us a family who collectively fear (or suffer) all those things.

It’s a bit of a heavy lift for what he bills as a comedy, but it won the Best Play Tony in 2016, and plays through Feb. 2 at San Diego Repertory Theatre.

It’s Thanksgiving, and the Blake family has gathered in younger daughter Brigid’s recently rented ground floor/basement duplex in New York City’s Chinatown. Brigid (Kate Rose Reynolds), a wannabe composer, and boyfriend Richard Saad (Brian Mackey), studying social work, are hosting the festivities.

"The Humans" gives us a family who collectively fear or (suffer) from six basic human fears: poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love of someone, old age and death.

The cast of "The Humans" (left to right): Amanda Sitton, Kate Rose Reynolds, Rosina Reynolds, Jeff Meek, Elizabeth Dennehy, Brian Mackey. (Photos by Jim Carmody)

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The sisters depicted in "The Humans" bring their own woes to the piece.

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“The Humans” plays through Feb. 2, 2020 at San Diego Repertory Theatre 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown.

Wednesday at 7 p.m.; Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. (Some exceptions; check with theater.)

Tickets: 619-544-1000 or sdrep.org It’s an odd place, made by connecting the dark basement section with two dingy little rooms above it. There’s a steep curved stairway and a window that looks out on a trashy alley.

The rest of the family has come in from Pennsylvania. Parents Erik (Jeffrey Meek) and Deirdre (Elizabeth Dennehy) live in Scranton and have taken charge of Erik’s mother Momo (Rosina Reynolds). Momo suffers from dementia and is in a wheelchair.

She is given to loud outbursts or spells of quiet muttering, mostly incoherent. She will spend much of this Thanksgiving sleeping on the couch.

Erik and Deirdre have spent their careers on what used to be adequately paid middle-class jobs: Erik doing maintenance at a school; Deirdre an office manager.

But economic times aren’t what they once were. Deirdre complains that two new male hires are making more than she does.

Older daug ht er A i me e (Amanda Sitton), a lesbian lawyer in Philadelphia, has the heaviest lift of all: a triple-whammy of problems. She’s learned that she’s not making partner (“That means go find another job,” she says).

She’s mourning a recent breakup with her girlfriend, and she needs surgery for ulcerative colitis. How will she manage?

But Brigid is excited about

her new place. She wants to be a musician but tends bar to pay off student debt until that becomes a reality. Boyfriend Richard is from a bit more money and will come into a trust fund in two years when he turns 40. Envious mutterings are heard from Erik, who advises him to “save your money now” because “no matter what you have, it all goes.”

Erik can speak to that. He’s worked for some 30 years at a school in Scranton but intends to tell the family today that he’s lost it because of an indiscretion with a teacher.

Most of the family still manages to fake it and at least pretend that life is good, or good enough, at least for this day. They laugh together at little jokes, though Deirdre fails to giggle when she encounters a cockroach the size of a mouse.

But when Aimee leads a singalong of an Irish blessing before they eat, things seem almost normal.

Director Todd Salovey has found the right cast for this play.

Meek’s Erik is heartbreaking as he tries to be the strong one for Dennehy’s Deirdre, but she’s too smart not to know that tougher times are coming.

Sitton’s Aimee exudes a confidence she may be faking, giving it away when she asks in passing

whether it’s better to go through life unhappy alone or unhappy with someone else.

Kate Rose Reynolds is utterly charming as Brigid, still hopeful and too young to be beaten down, even by the scary noises in her apartment. Mackey is the perfect foil for her as Rich. He exudes the confidence of the trust-fund kid who need not worry – at least not yet.

Momo is wonderfully played by a nearly unidentifiable Rosina Reynolds. (The Reynolds we’ve seen so often has so much energy that it’s a tribute to her considerable acting chops that you could even buy her as Momo.) And what a treat to see the Reynolds ladies on the same stage.

Special kudos to the tech crew here, beginning with Giulio Perrone’s strange dual-level set, darkly lit (that only makes sense in this play) by Chris Rynne and exuding all those sudden, shocking sounds by Melanie Chen Cole.

The Tony-winning “The Humans” is an odd piece, combining near sitcom-like family comedy with existential angst.

The fit doesn’t always work, but it’s worth pondering.

— Jean Lowerison is a long-standing member of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle and can be reached at infodame@gmail.com.

The family reunites for a Thanksgiving dinner that turns out to be anything but joyous.

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Multimedia artist brings Greek mythology to San Diego Museum of Art with 'Fates' installation KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News

A moving oil painting, sacred art, an aquarium — one of these or all of these may come to mind when viewing Nick Roth’s triptych installation “Fates” at the San Diego Museum of Art, which opened on Nov. 30. The 10-minute animation created by the multimedia artist features three screens depicting the Greek fates. He also added mirrors on adjacent walls of the gal-

When Roth toured the space in late 2018 or early 2019, he noticed the gallery, located on the second floor of the museum, was surrounded by largely religious art and Renaissance paintings.

“I thought that a piece that looked very CG — computer generated — would feel a little at odds up there. I wanted a painterly look to it,” Roth explained.

While he used a vastly different medium than those histor-

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Still frame from multimedia artist Nick Roth from media installation “Fates.”

The eye of the second fate peers through fall leaves while smaller eyeballs roam the screen. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Still frame from multimedia artist Nick Roth from media installation “Fates.”

The skeletal third fate with the red thread. (Image courtesy of the artist)

lery to make the small space less claustrophobic. The addition of the mirrors in the black-painted gallery give it an aquarium-like quality, a sense bolstered by the coral snake depicted in the left-most screen. The animation is overlaid with a haunting soundtrack that combines the Kronos Quartet’s rendition of “Sun Rings: Earth Whistlers” by Terry Riley and sounds observed in space by NASA.

ic artists and he did not want to mimic them, he wanted the transition to his work to be less jarring for patrons. After some experimentation, he settled on creating an animation that looks like, in his words, an animated oil painting. The perspective of the viewer stays the same throughout the animation, with the “painting” itself changing to show life, destiny, and death.

“I didn't want to have the

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UNDERGROUND with SDG&E to improve coordination and make the process more efficient.

“We have a five-year undergrounding schedule that took some time to memorialize and council just adopted close to a year ago. Up to that date, undergrounding had been very piecemeal and not really working with SDG&E. We weren't meeting our 15 miles a year of undergrounding target that the rate payers were expecting based on the assessment that was paid. We were accumulating a lot of this extra reserve and just not deploying it. It was frustrating,” explained Ward. He said that with the haphazard process, it was often the community outreach and working out neighborhood-specific issues that was neglected. Now, residents can better plan ahead for disruptions because they will know six months in advance about the construction and can give design input.

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camera moving around through the space itself because I pictured it more as this is a painting that moves and you don't move through the space,” Roth said.

Watching the animation from beginning to end is a visceral experience conjuring birth, life and death as three sets of branches emerge from the soil before transforming into more traditional portrait poses of three women. (Traditional portrait is used loosely as the head of one ripples like liquid metal, another has a giant eyeball for a head, and the third is a skeleton.) The finished product hums with meaning in each of the strange images: the autumn leaves drifting across the background could be time; the coral snake that stands in for the red threads woven then cut by the fates represent a human life; the giant eyeball stems from the myth of the three Grey Sisters sharing one eye and one tooth,

figures closely tied to the fates.

However, Roth did not create the piece with such specific ideas. His goal was always to elicit feeling from the viewer, so the gut impact of an image mattered more than what it means.

The feeling he most wanted to evoke was that this was a nearly spiritual experience, that the room is a sacred space just as the galleries of religious art are.

“I don't think of it in very specific terms when I'm designing this stuff. I don't set out with a very strong idea. I experiment with what I think will be viscerally the most effective,” he said.

He intentionally makes the giant eye of the second fate sometimes pause to stare at the observer while the much smaller eyes disconnected from the fates roam to “look at the lives of others.” While the eye bores into the viewer, the red thread spins outward, ready to be cut by the third fate. The sense of being

because the utility boxes would block the alley.

By October, SDG&E successfully moved about 20 miles of power lines underground — four times the amount done in a typical year.

There is now hope 100 of the remaining 1,000 miles of power lines will be moved underground in the next few years.

(MAD). If property owners vote in favor of raising their property taxes, that money would go towards the MAD, which would then install and maintain the historic streetlights.

Developing a MAD is a long process and many neighborhoods will settle for the overhanging cobra streetlights instead of the fancier acorn streetlights.

Neighborhoods like Kensington, Mission Hills and Talmadge already have the historic-style streetlights.

In Morley Field, Catherine McCullough is spearheading the project. She says the acorn lights will give character to the neighborhood and show it is unique from the rest of North Park. “That brings value to the neighborhood... It’s about beautifying,” she explained. “The naysayers are just people who are anti-property tax — they just don’t see the value.

Or they’re a person who doesn’t understand how that whole process works.”

McCullough has been hosting events and built a website to educate people on the MAD, which is helping the idea gain traction.

Although she has championed

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An example of the historic-style acorn streetlights proposed in Morley Field and Normal Heights. (Photo courtesy Morley Field Historic Streetlights)

between the city and the local utility company, residents have a clearer path to providing input in where power boxes will be placed.

In some cases, power lines in alleys will be moved to a main street

Without power line poles, it will be necessary to install new streetlights. Some neighborhoods are organizing to improve their streetscape by bring additional light to dark areas and adding historic-style streetlights. Marrying the process of adding historic streetlights with the power lines undergrounding saves thousands of dollars.

“Our numbers show that it would be about $16,000 per light. You can get that down to about $6,000 per light by doing the work at the same time as the undergrounding project itself,” said Ward.

To do this, Morley Field and Normal Heights are in the beginning stages of organizing for a maintenance assessment district

The popular-after hours event at the San Diego Museum of Art is returning on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6-10 p.m.

It is themed “Flight of Love” after the exhibit “Bouguereau & America.”

Create new memories with your loved ones as you make your own paper corsages and boutonnieres, then strike your best Cupid pose in the rose petal photobooth.

Enjoy the evening’s signature drink, “Dream of Spring,” made with Suerte Tequila and nibble on waffle dessert bites by Molten Waffles, Crepes & More.

Tickets are $25 for nonmembers. This is a 21-plus event. looked at by the art rather than looking at the art lends itself to a feeling of powerlessness. It also seems like a chance to peer into a higher plane where the destiny of mere humans is spun and ultimately snipped.

“Fates” will be on display at the San Diego Museum of Art until March 1.

— Kendra Sitton can be reached at kendra@sdnews.com. this plan for decades, moving the undergrounding schedule up from 2050 to 2021 gave the group she formed a unique opportunity to finally improve lighting in the area.

Many of the blocks in Morley Field are double the length of the rest of North Park. With streetlights only on corners, this leaves long stretches of darkness on the street. While data is mixed on whether streetlights lessen crime, they certainly contribute to the feeling of being safe as well as improving visibility of the road and sidewalk at night.

Morley Field plans to conduct a survey of all property owners in the proposed district in the spring, conduct a feasibility study in the late spring, hold a public meeting in the early summer, and mail out the official ballot to all property owners in early fall.

In Normal Heights, the initial survey has already gone out.

Once the results are tallied, the organizers will decide whether it is worthwhile to pursue the next step of forming the MAD. — Kendra Sitton can be reached at kendra@sdnews.com.

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“Grandma’s bucatini” at the upcoming RustiCucina (Alternative Strategies) The space that housed Sirens Bar & Restaurant in Hillcrest has been taken over by three men from the same small town in Sicily who coincidentally met in San Diego.

The i r ve nt u r e, c a l le d RustiCucina, is due to open in early February with a “rustic American-Italian” menu of house-made pastas, various pizzas and assorted bruschettas. A sneak peek at the menu also reveals a unique crispy burrata from the

appetizer list.

The owners are Marco Provino, former executive chef of Giardino in Lemon Grove; and Nino Cusimano and Mario Liga, both from Farmer’s Table restaurant.

A complete interior remodel was made to the double-storefront space, which now includes a 32-foot-long chandelier and live greenery. Lunch, dinner and weekend brunch will be served daily. 3797 Park Blvd.

A taproom by Black Plague Brewing is coming to North Park. (Facebook) Black Plague Brewing out of Oceanside will open a tasting room in North Park this spring. It will feature nearly two dozen taps in an open-floor layout spanning 2,000 square feet. The brewing company takes its name from Europe’s Black Plague era in the 1300s.

The company’s portfolio features nearly a dozen different beers with names resonating to the historic pandemic. It will also sell such themed merchandise from a retail section in the new tasting room. 2855 El Cajon Blvd., 760-631-8110, blackplaguebrewing.com.

Get your venison fix in Bankers Hill next month. (Google images)

A popular North Park beer bar is slated to close. (Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.) Credited for pioneering the craft beer scene in North Park some 12 years ago, Toronado recently announced on its Facebook page that “we are probably heading for the exit.”

No explanation was given for its impending closure, although owner Ian Black further stated:

“I’ll have a lot more to say on this in the coming days.” He went on to emphasize the beer taps will remain flowing until further notice. We reached out to Black for additional comments, but still haven’t received a response.

4026 30th St., 619-282-0456, toronadosd.com.

Venison enters the spotlight at Cucina Urbana’s first whole-animal “beast feast” dinner series of 2020. The intimate dinners focus on preparation techniques, sourcing and sustainability.

The venison-themed meal will be held at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 4, at the Bankers Hill restaurant.

Seating is limited to 20 guests.

The cost is $89, which doesn’t include beverages. For subsequent beast-feast events, visit the website. 505 Laurel St., 619-239-2222, urbankitchengroup.com.

A hidden gem is looking for a new owner. (Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.) The charming Romeo & Julieta Wine Cafe in Talmadge is up for sale. Its co-owner, Andrzej Dobrowolski, a native of Krakow, Poland, opened the wine bar in 2013 with his girlfriend, Diana Pravlis. Since then, the tuckedaway cafe has become a popular destination for authentic Polish fare complemented by diverse wines.

Dobrowolski is retiring,

although he has eight years remaining on the lease. He is looking to pass the torch to “someone wanting to establish a local, intimate venue in this thriving area,” as stated in a press release. The establishment’s extensive collection will be included in the sale.

Until then, Romeo & Julieta will operate on normal business hours.

4715 Monroe Ave., 619-546-6919, romeoandjulietawinecafe.com.

Our love for wine is blind, as suggested by chef Oz Blackaller, who will hold a blind tasting of various wines at his Cueva Bar Cafe in University Heights on Feb. 1. The hour-long event starts at 3 p.m. and features complimentary nibbles. The

participant with the most guesses of the type of wines that are poured will receive a $10 gift certificate applicable to food and vino at Cueva. The cost to enter the tasting is $5. 2123 Adams Ave., 619-269-6612, cuevabar.com.

A salad-centric eatery called Grater Greens opened recently in the Friars Mission Center plaza in Mission Valley. Its menu was supposedly created through a collaboration of local chefs and restaurateurs whose names “are not being made public,” according to a manager we spoke with. The website doesn’t cite any of them either.

The bright, airy space features a plethora of signature salads and bowls, and gives customers the option of customizing their own creations from a long list of veggies, grains, proteins and dressings. Hummus and seasonal soups are also available. 5608 Mission Center

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When whizzing past SKA Bar on Adams Avenue in the daylight, a quick glimpse of the exterior doesn’t reveal much. It’s anchored in a freshly built apartment structure of unimaginative design, and the enormous bar casts little color onto the street.

Stretching for almost a halfcity block, a smallish sign at one end might catch your eye.

Underneath the establishment’s name it reads, “Abnormal Heights,” a reference to Normal Heights’ long-standing reputation as a neighborhood occupied heavily by artists, musicians and alternative types decades before it became Hipsterville.

The sleek, industrial trappings of SKA Bar attest to modern-day tastes. Garage-style windows roll

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RATINGS

SKA Bar

Drinks:

Our cocktails, the gin-based “French” and a tequila-infused La Paloma, offered balanced citrus notes and discernible measures of liquor.

3250 Adams Ave. (Normal Heights) 619-230-5038 Happy hour: 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday

Food:

The fried pork dumplings were meaty but lacked the promise of ginger. Extra-crispy chicken wings turned up beautifully crunchy with bold flavor from serrano chilies.

up at the first hint of warm weather. Splashes of turquoise mingle with Asian and midcentury decor.

And the bar shows off an arresting inventory of spirits, which doesn’t exclude Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac. A 1-ounce pour of the precious liquid sells for $276.

But we came to partake in the attractive happy-hour bargains, when several appetizers and craft cocktails sell for $6 apiece, and a Singapore Tiger beer sets you back only $4. A couple of wines including Spanish tempranillo are in the offing as well. They sell for $7 a glass — easy-peasy prices all the

Value:

Regular prices of food and drinks are set at reasonable “neighborhood” levels. From there, they drop 30-40% during happy hour.

Service:

Both the bartender and waitress offered quick service and genuine smiles.

SKA Bar brings a modern, sleek aesthetic to Normal Heights.

Extra-crispy chicken wings

(l to r) The La Paloma and a bubbly “French” cocktail

Fried pork dumplings

way around.

We sat along the extended row of windows, at one of many tables complemented by comfy ’50s-style bucket chairs. The vibe was warm and welcoming.

My drinking cohort opted for a La Paloma cocktail combining tequila, grapefruit juice and fresh lime. A little sugar in the mix gave the citrus element a pleasing sweetness upfront. It finished off wonderfully with a touch of saltiness.

My “French” cocktail brought together gin, lemon, sugar, and Bouvet Sparkling Brut from France’s Loire Valley. It was served elegantly in a fluted Champagne glass — a simple libation that I could drink all day.

Both are essentially summer cocktails, but with enough sparkle to brighten even a cool, cloudy day such as this. Other choices include a Manhattan, Moscow mule, and old fashioned.

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A warm-industrial feel pervades amid numerous seating options and an impressively large bar stocked with myriad spirits. menu, we chose fried pork dumplings. They come six to an order, although we received seven. Their fillings were somewhat bland.

Conversely, a plate of salt and pepper chicken wings garnished with sliced serrano chilies were dynamite. They were also the crispiest wings I’ve ever had in San Diego, thanks in part to us requesting them that way.

SKA Bar has only been open a few months, but you get the feeling it’s on the way to becoming a central hangout. Two floors up is an equally spacious rooftop bar and restaurant — an extension of SKA Bar due to open in the coming months. When that happens, it will be the only drinking and eating venue in Normal Heights that offers views of Uptown and beyond.

San Diego Episcopal Diocese’s first female bishop LUCIA VITI | Uptown News

The Rt. Rev. Susan Brown Snook is now serving as the first female bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego in its 45-year history.

June 2019’s landmark recognition has landed Bishop Brown Snook in the forefront of a new wave of women leaders appointed into the governing bodies of the Episcopal Church nationwide.

At the top of her agenda is evangelizing audiences by “proclaiming the good news of Jesus” and “sharing God’s love through ministries of service and social justice.”

As the ecclesiastical authority of the Episcopal churches within her jurisdiction, “formulating the business of the diocese,” also remains a

top priority.

Devoted to a life of prayer, the Episcopal Church is a communal worship ministry defined by the work of its people. Touting almost two million members from 7,500 congregations within the U.S., the Virgin Islands, Haiti, and Europe, the Episcopal Church has five dioceses in California. San Diego consists of 44 churches and 20,000 members across San Diego County, Imperial County, southern Riverside County and Yuma County, Arizona.

The liberal denomination with Anglican roots is governed by bishops tasked with guarding the faith, unity and discipline of its members.

Among her many responsibilities as both a spiritual and temporal leader, Brown Snook ordains priests

and deacons, appoints leaders and supervises staffs. She is seated at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Bankers Hill while the diocese offices are in Ocean Beach. Along with leading Sunday church services – in a different church within the diocese every Sunday – she performs baptisms and confirmations; work she describes as a “joyful and wonderful.”

“I love all of the busy and exciting work,” she said. “And, I love San Diego. Honestly, at times I take a step back and remind myself how privileged I am to serve San Diegans and even more so, as a pioneer.”

The self-described “vision caster” is determined to increase the diversity of her discipleship – including the LGBTQ community – while encouraging “youth investment to

grow as disciples of Jesus.”

“The Episcopal Church supports a diversity of ages and genders equally – as we should,” she said.

“Our church is loving, accepting and non-judgmental. We are a missionary community that follows Jesus Christ in his life of fearless love for the world. God loves every human-being, so everyone, yes, everyone is invited to be a part of our multicultural and diverse community.”

In addition to fostering evangelism, church growth, church planting, and new mission development and planning, the good bishop highlighted service as an integral part of the church’s mission.

“Service is a huge part of our mission,” she continued. “We serve those in need — the lonely, sick,

hungry and homeless. We advocate for this world to become a more loving and just place for all people.”

The Episcopalian church offers counseling and yoga classes as well as a variety of services to the underprivileged. In addition to feeding the homeless and their pets, The Episcopal Ecumenical provides hygiene services through Showers of Blessings, a mobile shower facility that offers the simplicity of cleansing to those who don’t have the proper means to do so.

Working in tandem with Carlsbad’s St. Patrick Church, the Ecumenical Showers of Blessings program offers hot showers, haircuts and beard trims, breakfast and see Bishop, pg 16

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What does foam rolling do?

Foam rolling helps to take care of your body and muscles and does more than stretching alone. Not only does foam rolling help you to get greater range of motion in your workouts, but it also ensures that you have a better chance of staying injury and pain-free.

During rolling, when you find a tight spot, or a trigger point or knot, you stay on that area and hold it until it is slowly released — releasing these knots gets fluid moving throughout your body, aids in recovery, reduces injuries and increases mobility as well.

Foam rolling is technically called self-myofascial release, or SMR for short, in the fitness industry. Your muscles and organs are surrounded by connective tissue that holds them together called fascia, therefore, foam rolling is actually manipulating and massaging the fascia in your body.

Foam rolling is basically a deep tissue massage that you give yourself, by placing parts of your body on the foam roller and applying pressure, then moving in a slow or fast rolling motion or holding still. You are in charge of the pressure and can reduce or increase as needed by putting more or less of your weight on the roller.

Foam rollers are cylinders, typically made of compressed foam, but they can also be made out of harder plastic with knobs on them to make the massage even deeper.

Foam rollers are pretty inexpensive and can usually be found at the gym in the stretching area, but you can also get one for yourself to have at home.

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You can foam roll before or after your workout, or even better, both.

Foam rolling directly before a workout helps you to improve your range of motion by working through any knots that may be inhibiting your full movement patterns. In addition, foam rolling before a workout is a great thing to include in your warm-up, because you get blood flowing to your muscles and turn them on, which means you have a better chance of activating the right muscles during your actual workout, thus getting more out of it.

Foam rolling after a workout is part of the cool-down and recovery process, and it can reduce muscle soreness and tightness overall, so that you can come back stronger to your next workout. When you spend time slowly rolling once you’ve finished your session, you give your body a chance to power down, and you also begin the healing process through massaging the tension

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What parts of the body should you foam roll?

If you’re just getting started, you should begin by rolling the quads, hamstrings, calves, upper back, IT bands (outside of the thigh) and piriformis (buttocks).

Before a workout, you can move a bit faster during the foam rolling, while holding pressure on the knots for about 30 seconds. Then, after your workout, you should move much slower across the muscles, also holding pressure on the knots for about 30 seconds. The foam-rolling process only needs to take about five to 10 minutes, both before and after your workout.

But still, why should you foam roll?

If you’re on a mission to get healthier and fitter, then you want to make sure you’re giving your body the best chance possible to feel good and stay injury-free.

Foam rolling truly takes care of your muscles and connective tissue and allows you to move better, recover smarter and give yourself a really helpful massage whenever you want it.

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Saturday, Jan. 25 Australia Day Weekend at the Zoo As part of San Diego Zoo Global’s ongoing effort to raise awareness of the crisis facing wildlife in Australia due to catastrophic fires, the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are inviting guests to a weekend-long Australia Day Celebration event on Saturday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

The event marks the Australian national holiday and honors the international nonprofit conservation organization’s nearly 100-year relationship working collaboratively with Australian colleagues to help protect their wildlife. During the two-day Australia Day Celebration Presented by Koala Kare, guests at both the Zoo and Safari Park can enjoy special entertainment and activities, find out more about unique Australian species from wildlife care specialists and get an opportunity to help “adopt” a koala.

Strong Strong Women Opening Reception The local arts collective “Strong Strong Women” presents its inaugural show, titled after the name of the group. Seven Female Artists – six photographers and one painter, all actively exhibiting, met each other at local art events and formed an organic bond fueled by a respect for each other’s work and a dedication to the arts. The collective meets regularly to support individual visions as they prepare for exhibitions, conferences, projects and reviews. While the works will be on view until March 28, the opening reception will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Frame Maker, 3102 Reynard Way. Australia Day Join the second annual Australia Day in San Diego at Liberty Station and North Park. Australia Day 2020 is organized by the San Diego-Perth Sister City Society in association with the San Diego Lions Australian Rules Football Club. At 11 a.m., there will be a San Diego Lions Australian Rules Football Club picnic and game at Liberty Station. From 3-8 p.m., come to beer tastings in North Park at North Park Beer Company, Mike Hess Brewing and Thorn Street Brewery. Volunteers will sell Australian T-shirts, hats and flags and hand out “Know Your Australia” quizzes. A portion of the proceeds raised on Australia Day will benefit the victims of the devastating fires in Australia. At 6 p.m. at North Park Beer Company, San Diego City Council member Chris Ward will present a proclamation from the city of San Diego recognizing Australia Day in San Diego to Jan Gontang, president of the San Diego-Perth Sister City Society. A didgeridoo player will perform.

King Princess King Princess will be in San Diego to perform at the Observatory North Park at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $29.50.

Thursday, Jan. 30 ‘Mission Hills: Images of America’ Join local authors of “Mission Hills: Images of America,” Allen Hazard and Janet O’Dea, as they provide commentary and insight about this stunning architectural community as it developed. In 1905, George Marston, a San Diego civic leader, commissioned urban planner John Nolan to implement a development plan for the city. Nolan’s plan, however, was never adopted. In 1908, as if to prove what was possible, Marston’s syndicate formed the restricted subdivision of Mission Hills. Then in 1909, the city announced plans to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal.

The fuse was lit and the boom that followed brought builders and skilled artisans to San Diego. As it was built, Mission Hills became architecturally magnificent. 3-4:30 p.m. in the community room at the Mission Hills/Hillcrest-Knox Library.

Library NExT Presents: Introduction to Circuits Using Makey Makey Do electronics and bananas go together? Absolutely! Using Makey Makey circuit boards, students will create fun circuits that incorporate everyday items like bananas, gummy bears, aluminum foil or bouncy balls. Students will then use their new circuitry skills to make games, music or art. Registration is required. For grades three to five. For more information, go to sandiego.librarymarket.com. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Mission Valley Library.

Sunday, Jan. 26 All Girls STEM Society presents Neuroscience!

In collaboration with All Girls STEM Society, Mission Valley Library presents a neuroscience workshop. Have you ever wondered what really goes on in your brain? Learn about the basics of neuroscience, including the anatomy of the human brain and the nervous system. There will be fun activities, “Jeopardy” games, and plenty of opportunities to win prizes! This workshop is recommended for girls in grades five through eight (ages 10-14); all are welcome. Registration is required! For more information about how to register, go to San Diego.LibraryMarket.com.

For more information about All Girls STEM, go to allgirlsstemsociety.org.

Tuesday, Jan. 28 Uptown Democratic Club Dr. Casey Dominguez, associate professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego, will be speaking on "Understanding the Impeachment of Donald Trump.”

Joyce Beers Community Center 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. meeting.

We are open to the public!

City Council District 3 Candidates Forum Save 30th Street Parking and the SoNo Neighborhood Alliance will co-host a community forum for all announced candidates for the March 3rd primary election for the SD City Council District 3 seat on Thursday, Jan. 30th, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the North Park Recreation Center, 4044 Idaho St. The event, which is open to the public, will give residents and small business owners an opportunity to learn where District 3 candidates stand on key land use and transportation issues that are having a growing impact on mid-city neighborhoods.

Saturday, Feb. 1 Final Farewell: ‘The Art of Shag’ All great exhibits must come to an end, so please join the Comic-Con Museum as we bid a fond farewell to "The Art of Shag."

This retrospective look at the artist's career will make its final appearance on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., with a special, rare presentation by Shag himself from 2-3 p.m. Shag is the museum's first featured artist and created an exclusive limited-edition print available while supplies last. His fun and colorful take on all aspects of pop culture is a must-see!

Sunday, Feb. 2 ‘Hercules in the Haunted World’ San Diego Italian Film Festival and Film Geeks SD are presenting a showing of the 1961 film “Hercules in the Haunted World.” KPBS “Cinema Junkie” host Beth Accomando and Horrible Imaginings Film Festival founder Miguel Rodriguez will be on hand to present the films and there will be themed treats. 7:30 p.m. at the Digital Gym Cinema.

Monday, Feb. 3 Propositions & Measures: Pro & Con There are ballot measures to raise taxes, regulate growth in unincorporated areas, raise taxes, change police oversight, reform school governance, raise taxes and change how the city’s auditing department works.

There will be state propositions with heated debates about property taxes and Uber. This is the latest Senior Lunch & Learn Lecture Series at the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Library. Bring your own brown bag lunch.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Toddler Story Time A story time designed for toddlers, featuring songs, rhymes, and finger plays. Mission Valley Library from 11 a.m.-noon.

Taxes for Artists and Creatives California Lawyers for the Arts and Vanguard Culture invite artists and creative freelancers of all disciplines to join for a workshop on the essentials of income tax for individual artists. Topics will include record keeping, IRS form 1040, Schedule C, and self-employment schedules, itemized deductions, hobby losses, and home offices. Please join us for this workshop and be prepared for tax season! $5. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the workshop will be from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Idea Box at IDEA1, 899 Park Blvd.

Baby Time!

Baby Time is a weekly program which is perfect for babies and young toddlers: short, fun and interactive. 3-3:30 p.m. at Mission Valley Library.

Weaver Fever Weaver Fever is a time to hang out with others who weave, knit, or crochet. Bring your projects, share your tips, and make some new friends! We will have some yarn here but please bring your own tools. This program will be recurring on the first and third Tuesdays every month. 5 p.m. at North Park Library.

Wednesday, Feb. 5 State of Biodiversity Symposium Join us at the third annual State of Biodiversity Symposium to rally around the latest science, emerging threats, and management success stories in the world of conservation. The symposium is timed to be after the State of the Union, State, and City addresses to shine a light on conservation and biodiversity, a topic that is discussed all too infrequently in these public addresses. The symposium will feature a keynote presentation by Todd Keeler-Wolf titled “California-Style Biodiversity: Why We Wonder, Worry, and Hope.” It will be followed by four concurrent panel sessions: San Diego Canyon Conservation, HCPs for Conservation and Discovery, Biodiversity and Human Health, and Implications of Black-Market Biodiversity. The State of Biodiversity Symposium is open to anyone and everyone. Tickets are $65 with discounts for students. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the San Diego Natural History Museum.

Elec-TRON Tour!

League of Extraordinary Scientists will be launching a brand-new tour. We will be teaching about the flow of electrons from negative to positive. Kids will learn how resisters slow the electrons down to keep them from blowing the circuit — and they will build an actual working shadow box they can take home. This free engineering tour will be at North Park Library at 4 p.m. Online registration is required. The recommended age is third-eighth grade.

Thursday, Feb. 6

RECURRING EVENTS Mondays Lestat’s West Open Mic Weekly open mic event hosted by Robby Robertson every Monday, 6:30-11 p.m. at Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave. bit.ly/LestatsWest

She Fest Paint Nite Join She Fest for a fun-filled night of painting! Come have a drink, unleash your creativity, meet up with old friends, and make new friends as we enjoy an awesome evening together.

7-10 p.m. at Gossip Grill. Tickets are $45 and benefit She Fest.

Tuesdays

Introduction to Buddhism & Meditation Join an all-ages introductory class to learn the basic Buddhist concepts as well as participate in a discussion and silent meditation. Weekly event led by Jeff Zlotnik. Free. 7-8 Dance Pants Party p.m. at Dharma Bum Temple Recommended for toddlers, 4144 Campus Ave. Also held preschoolers, and elementa- on Saturdays at 11 a.m.-noon ry-school age kids, this simple bit.ly/dharmabum dance program will feature the hokey pokey, the chicken dance, Thursdays and more. Families, it’s time to get your groove on! 10:30 a.m.

North Park at the Mission Valley Library.

Thursday Market Shop at more than 90 tents for locally grown produce, seasonal grocery items, fresh food and hand-crafted arts and crafts. 3-7:30 p.m. at 3000 North Park Way, stretching from 31st to Utah streets in North Park. bit.ly/ThursMarket

Sunday, Feb. 9

Thursdays at the Ken San Diego’s late-night jazz (Photo by Carlo Toribio) jam convenes every Thursday night at the Kensington Club.

Awards Viewing Party Hosted by musicians Ian Buss, San Diego’s most glamorous Os- Robert Dove and Hugo Suarez. cars party returns! Walk the red $5. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. 4079 Adcarpet and watch the Academy ams Ave. bit.ly/ThursKen Awards in style. Enjoy signature dishes from San Diego’s premier Fridays chefs as you sip elegantly crafted cocktails and cast your vote Free Friend Friday for the Oscar winners. Delicious Looking for a co-working desserts and Champagne toasts space with value-aligned sowill cap off the evening. Proceeds cial entrepreneurs, artists, to benefit the FOCUS On Impact nonprofit professionals and loFilm Program, serving thousands cal startups? Collective Impact of high school students each year. Center offers a complimentary Join us at the top of one of San day pass to use shared desks Diego’s newest and most elegant and office space. Bring your Bankers Hill address. 41 West – laptop and check in on social Penthouse Floor, 2604 Fifth Ave. media with #cicfreefriendRed carpet at 4:30 p.m., Academy friday for free Wi-Fi. 9 a.m.-5 Awards show telecast at 5:30 p.m. p.m. at Collective Impact Cen$195 per person. ter, 3295 Meade Ave. bit.ly/free-Fridays

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‘Going to a Place Where You Already Are’ Is there a heaven? Joe says no; it’s all a bunch of hokum. His wife, Roberta, has always claimed to agree. But lately she’s beginning to wonder, especially when they find themselves in church a lot, having reached the age when funerals are more frequent than weddings. Their granddaughter, Ellie, doesn’t have time in her own busy life to ponder the afterlife. But when mortality confronts them, her grandmother’s claim to have gone to heaven and back doesn’t sound so crazy after all.

With thoughtful storytelling and quiet wit, Brunstetter looks at beginnings, endings — and an enigmatic angel. OnStage Playhouse’s latest production plays from Jan. 17-Feb. 16. Tickets start at $25.

Written by Bekah Brunstetter; directed by Hannah Logan. 291 Third Ave., Chula Vista, 91910.

Art after Hours For only $5 after 5 p.m. on Fridays, experience exhibitions and the museum's 20 galleries while live music plays at Panama 66 in the May S. Marcy Sculpture Court. Free admission for members, youth 17 and under, and college students with ID. Tickets available and sold at the door. 5-8 p.m. at the San Diego Museum of Art.

Saturdays Old Town Saturday Market This street market features original works from local artists including paintings, jewelry, photography and more.

Every Saturday and Sunday.

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Harney Street and San Diego Avenue in Old Town. bit.ly/OTMarket

Sundays Hillcrest Farmers Market About 175 venders offer a variety of locally grown produce, hand-made arts and crafts, and fresh-cut florals at one of the city’s largest open-air markets. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Normal Street between University and Lincoln avenues. bit.ly/HillcrestMarket

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Bodybuilder and trans activist Paulo Batista performs for the crowd. He is standing on the black and brown stripes of the inclusive pride flag.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence participate in the crosswalk, along with a companion carrying the ribbon and scissors. (Photos by Kendra Sitton)

Council member Chris Ward and his staff fought for three years to build this creative crosswalk.

A pet owner poses for pictures.

After cutting the ribbon, several politicians were the first to cross, including (from left to right) Mayor Kevin Faulconer, California Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, City Council member Chris Ward, and City Council President Georgette Gomez.

The creative crosswalk includes both the LGBT+ pride flag, the trans flag, and the black and brown stripes representing people of color. With the addition of the trans flag and people of color, this may be the most inclusive rainbow crosswalk in the nation.

The crowd indulged in a drag show put on by Lips.

City Council District 3 candidate Chris Olsen (left, maroon shirt) smiles as he crosses the street.

A participant dances for the watching crowd. This half of the crosswalk will be taken out to make space for the Normal Street Promenade. There is hope that other creative crosswalks will be added in San Diego now that this one has broken ground, to make up for its eventual loss.

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Job hunters beware of LinkedIn scammers District Attorney News Summer Stephan Maybe one of your New Year’s resolutions is to find a new job.

With the days of seeking employment through classified ads in the rearview mirror, most of us opt for searching for work online. And of course, there are a plethora of companies that vow to make this journey less stressful by directly connecting employers to potential employees.

LinkedIn is a company that seeks to make job hunting easier by serving a social network tailored to professionals. It allows working professionals to stay connected with other professionals in their field and to message and send relevant opportunities to one another. As with anything where technology is involved, scammers have found a way to use this social media site for far more nefarious purposes than originally intended.

This scam involves shady characters assuming the identity of a prospective employer and connecting with interested candidates for a job opening. As these bogus employers message others on LinkedIn, those who respond are soon persuaded to buy supplies and equipment that they falsely believe is vital to their

new job. Some scammers even go as far as interviewing job candidates in an attempt to further legitimize their swindle. In some cases, job candidates are coerced into revealing sensitive personal information such as their social security number, which is then used for identity fraud.

Here are some ways you can prevent falling prey on job-searching sites: • Always research any company contacting you.

• Seek other forms of verification from the recruiter including their company email, employee information on the company website, and a company phone number.

• The email used by the company recruiter should always be a company-affiliated email, not a public email like Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail.

• Examine the profile of the recruiter contacting you. Scammers sometimes impersonate real employees at real companies.

• Authentic LinkedIn emails have a security footer at the bottom of every email that says who the email was intended for along with the recipient’s current job and company. Although this footer is not a guarantee the email is legitimate, if it is not present, do not click any links.

• A fake profile will often have a very small amount of connections,

have large amounts of information missing on their profile, and be connected to a public email.

• If a recruiter offers you a job without interviewing you, has a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes in their messages, and offers you a salary significantly above the market rate, this is a red flag that you could be getting scammed.

• Lastly, if a recruiter asks you to buy equipment or invest any amount of money before hiring you, they are running a scam.

The most important rule to follow is to never give any money to anyone you’ve connected with on social media. A legitimate business would never force an employee to commit funds before hiring them.

Now, what happens if you followed all this advice but still managed to find yourself in a LinkedIn scam?

• Send the suspicious email or message to phishing@linkedin.com.

• Delete the email/message from your account.

• If you clicked on any of the links in the email, run your antivirus/spyware software to find and remove any type of malicious software.

• If you gave out any form of personal information such as a password or bank account number to a scammer, make sure to

reset your password and/or contact your bank.

• File a complaint with the local Better Business Bureau and report the fraudulent company.

— District attorney Summer Stephan has dedicated more than 29 years to serving justice and victims

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clean clothes – including new underwear and socks – at designated locations throughout San Diego County.

Brown Snook also works with settling immigrants into the country.

“Our refugee net consists of case workers, food services and tutoring for children,” she said. “Often people arrive with nothing and are released with nothing. So we’re there to help.”

Brown Snook admits that as “thrilled” as she is to serve greater San Diego, there are days when she feels like the “Red Queen.”

“Alice in Wonderland’s Red Queen says you have to run as hard as you can to stay in the same place and if you want to get anywhere you have to run twice as fast,” she chuckled. “My work is exciting but busy. I’m grateful to be supported by a solid staff and an even wider group

of crime as prosecutor. She is a national leader in fighting sex crimes and human trafficking and in creating smart and fair criminal justice solutions and restorative justice practices that treat the underlying causes of addiction and mental illness and that keep young people from being incarcerated. of people in our governing body.”

The former accountant has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Managerial Studies, plus an MBA in Accounting from Rice University. While serving as a volunteer in an Episcopal Church in Phoenix, Brown Snook found “purpose and meaning,” so much so she reversed her career vocation.

In 2003, she graduated with a Master of Divinity from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, located in Berkeley, California. Ordained a priest in the Diocese of Arizona, she served the Dioceses of Oklahoma and Arizona until she was elected bishop in San Diego County.

The maverick remains excited about “guiding the dioceses into the future that’s in front of them.”

“I believe that God has called us to not only transform each other, but to transform the world,” she concluded.

— Contact Lucia Viti at luciaviti@ roadrunner.com.

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